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Catamaran vs mono-hull
On Apr 2, 6:30*pm, hk wrote:
On 4/2/10 6:13 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:28:48 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch *wrote: Something I noticed on this leg of my cruise is the radical diff tween the wakes of mono and catamaran hulls for power boats. *The monos have huge wakes while the cats have very small wakes. *This should give better fuel economy. *Does it? It absolutely does. * The less water you push aside the better from the standpoint of efficiency. * One of the big cruising trends we are seeing this year is the increase in multi-hull sailboats. *There are hundreds of them just here in Martinique and it looks like they will be in the majority sooner or later. Sorta depends upon the boats, their designs, their weights, and how they are used. For example, a 32' WorldCat, with two F250 Yamahas, weighs about 8000 pounds and at 4000 rpm produces 26.4 mph and burns 26.4 gph. A Scout with the same engines that weighs nearly a ton more burns about the same gph and produces a few more mph for the same fuel burn. Of course, the question was about mono and cat hulls for power boats, not "multi-hull sailboats," eh? --http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym Tell us about the fuel consumption of your lobster boat? Aren't you the one always whining here about the fuel burn of other people's boats that you're jealous of? |
Catamaran vs mono-hull
On 4/4/10 12:25 PM, Loogypicker wrote:
On Apr 2, 6:30 pm, wrote: On 4/2/10 6:13 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:28:48 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: Something I noticed on this leg of my cruise is the radical diff tween the wakes of mono and catamaran hulls for power boats. The monos have huge wakes while the cats have very small wakes. This should give better fuel economy. Does it? It absolutely does. The less water you push aside the better from the standpoint of efficiency. One of the big cruising trends we are seeing this year is the increase in multi-hull sailboats. There are hundreds of them just here in Martinique and it looks like they will be in the majority sooner or later. Sorta depends upon the boats, their designs, their weights, and how they are used. For example, a 32' WorldCat, with two F250 Yamahas, weighs about 8000 pounds and at 4000 rpm produces 26.4 mph and burns 26.4 gph. A Scout with the same engines that weighs nearly a ton more burns about the same gph and produces a few more mph for the same fuel burn. Of course, the question was about mono and cat hulls for power boats, not "multi-hull sailboats," eh? --http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym Tell us about the fuel consumption of your lobster boat? Aren't you the one always whining here about the fuel burn of other people's boats that you're jealous of? Fuel burn previously reported, ****-for-brains. Perhaps the poor woman who married you, the one who is so good at "research," can google it up for you...while she is searching for a replacement for the moron she married. -- http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym |
Catamaran vs mono-hull
On Apr 4, 12:25*pm, Loogypicker wrote:
On Apr 2, 6:30*pm, hk wrote: On 4/2/10 6:13 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:28:48 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch *wrote: Something I noticed on this leg of my cruise is the radical diff tween the wakes of mono and catamaran hulls for power boats. *The monos have huge wakes while the cats have very small wakes. *This should give better fuel economy. *Does it? It absolutely does. * The less water you push aside the better from the standpoint of efficiency. * One of the big cruising trends we are seeing this year is the increase in multi-hull sailboats. *There are hundreds of them just here in Martinique and it looks like they will be in the majority sooner or later. Sorta depends upon the boats, their designs, their weights, and how they are used. For example, a 32' WorldCat, with two F250 Yamahas, weighs about 8000 pounds and at 4000 rpm produces 26.4 mph and burns 26.4 gph. A Scout with the same engines that weighs nearly a ton more burns about the same gph and produces a few more mph for the same fuel burn. Of course, the question was about mono and cat hulls for power boats, not "multi-hull sailboats," eh? --http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym Tell us about the fuel consumption of your lobster boat? Aren't you the one always whining here about the fuel burn of other people's boats that you're jealous of?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey Loog, Harry never had a Lobsta' boat... Google has ruined his life;) He can't lie about himself anymore so he lies about us from under his desk. Scotty |
Catamaran vs mono-hull
On 4/4/10 12:53 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On Apr 4, 12:25 pm, wrote: Tell us about the fuel consumption of your lobster boat? Aren't you the one always whining here about the fuel burn of other people's boats that you're jealous of?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey Loog, Harry never had a Lobsta' boat... Google has ruined his life;) He can't lie about himself anymore so he lies about us from under his desk. Scotty How would you and your nearly-as-dumb buddy loogy possibly know, ****-for-brains? -- http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym |
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